154 Results for : backfires
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The House of Haddock , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 19min
Arthur George Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. The House of Haddock is the humorous story of an old rogue whose formerly genteel family has fallen on hard times. A former ancestor of his once gave a set of almshouses to the village, and our anti-hero sets out to ensure that one of these is allocated to him. His first challenge is to get one of the existing tenants to leave. His initial attention is on dispatching an elderly disabled man with a bad cough, whose demise appears to be imminent and inevitable. But after the death of this individual, the church authorities allocate that almshouse to a youngish widow. This lady proves to be quite a challenge...and his strategy for taking possession of her house backfires spectacularly.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000969/bk_redd_000969_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Calculated Risk , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min, (USK 18)
Lady, I want you to stop seducing my son! Hell, what are you, 32, 34, Rob is 17..there's room for a whole other person! Thus in one of Nashville's poshest restaurants began a stream of threats against Stephanie Brandt along with a heavy hand 'mangling' her shoulder, followed by a bill shoved into the middle of her quiche by a big man wearing work boots, denim and a T-shirt with an obscene foreign word printed on it. Until Quintin Ward stormed into her life with his threats and accusations, Stevie had not known his son Rob even existed., let alone was her mail room clerk. When she's finally able to convince Quintin that she has no designs on his son, they embark on a campaign to squelch Rob's amorous ideas and fantasy love-life with his boss. But their very calculated risk backfires! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sheila Book. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004440/bk_acx0_004440_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gaslight: Crossbreed, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 755min
Raven Black returns in another heart-pounding installment of the USA Today best-selling Crossbreed series. Vampire trafficking is a sinister business, and nobody knows that better than Keystone. After Raven discovers hidden clues in a cold case, the group sets a trap in hopes of catching an elusive criminal. But when the plan backfires, Raven's world is thrown into chaos, and Christian's loyalty is put to the ultimate test. Buried secrets come to light, and the only thing keeping Raven grounded is her insatiable thirst for vengeance. The stakes are high as they travel to a place where the landscapes are as treacherous as the immortals who live there. This time, there's no room for mistakes. Will Raven have the courage to tame the violence in her heart before it swallows her whole? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicole Poole. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/010519/bk_tant_010519_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Waiting for Gonzo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 355min
Meet Oz...he's got a talent for trouble but his heart's always in the right place (well, nearly always). Uprooted from his friends and former life, Oz finds himself stranded in the sleepy village of Slowleigh. When a joke backfires on the first day at his new school, Oz attracts the attention of Isobel Skinner, the school psycho - but that's just the beginning. After causing an accident that puts his mum in hospital, Oz isn't exactly popular at home, either. His older sister's no help, but then she's got a problem of her own...one that's growing bigger by the day. Oz knows he's got to put things right, but life isn't that simple, especially when the only people still talking to you are a hobbit-obsessed kid and a voice in your own head! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Cousins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006981/bk_bbcw_006981_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Match Made in Texas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 615min
Amanda Lockwood gets more than she bargained for when she's elected Two-Time's first female sheriff. Anxious to prove her distractors wrong about a woman's inability to serve, she sets out to stop the crime wave that plagues the town. Trouble begins when she saves suspected killer Jake Barrett from a lynch mob. Common sense says he's guilty, but her heart tells her otherwise. Things sure don't look good for Jake. He's accused of killing the man who killed his wife and has no way of proving his innocence. If he doesn't convince the pretty sheriff to let him go, he will soon be keeping company with the daisies. But his plan to win her over backfires when he falls head over heels. Now he must choose between freedom and saving the woman he loves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Forbes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/010207/bk_reco_010207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Truth Reveals: Truth and Lies Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 308min
Aged out of the system and battle worn from unsuccessful foster care, four women on the cusp of adulthood find passion and their paths in life through the help of an anonymous fairy godmother type who calls herself the Benefactrix.Book two: Truth Reveals When Maryanne is given a scholarship to spend the summer after high school painting in the French countryside, she tries to reinvent herself from the foster kid whose parents loved meth more than they did her. But when Henri, the French caretaker of the chateau she's staying at, treats her like a spoiled rich girl, she's determined to make him sorry and seduces him - only it backfires and she's the one enthralled. Taken aback by the dark passion and the intense lovemaking, Maryanne feels forced to keep up the lie when a gossipy neighbor tells her that Henri is looking for an heiress to save the chateau from creditors. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eva Perkele. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173739/bk_acx0_173739_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Black Pill: A Jackson & Dallas Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
A body wrapped in plastic turns up in the middle of the road — with no ID and no viable explanation. The pressure builds when Detective Jackson must also locate a missing woman that few people seem to know. Both victims lived on society’s edge, so witnesses and leads are scarce. Worried that the woman’s life is in peril, Jackson resorts to following her ex-boyfriend, but the effort backfires in a deadly way. Across the country, FBI Agent Jamie Dallas takes on a dangerous undercover assignment — tracking a sexual predator who brags about his assaults in a perverse dark-web forum. Using an alias, Dallas travels to Jackson’s hometown and discovers that her target’s crimes are just the opening salvo. Yet confronting the hatemongers could get her killed. The investigators race the clock to find the victims, but will they discover the connection in time to save all the women caught in the deviant trap? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Bell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/198266/bk_acx0_198266_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Cheating Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
Even the Black Death has a lighter side. A street-side conman becomes embroiled in high politics when his scheme to relieve the doge of Genoa of a sizable portion of his wealth backfires. He is conscripted to deliver a message to The Cutler, a mysterious figure in the papal city of Avignon.Two English pilgrims are also making their way to the pope, seeking repentance for their sins. Their journey takes a debauched turn, however, and their arrival is one of a pair of wandering drunkards rather than pious pilgrims.Meanwhile, a Germanic woman leaves her homeland, intent on killing the pope as revenge for the church’s involvement in her brother’s death. There’s just one small problem: She’s not a natural murderer. Their worlds converge on the Palais des Papes amid the ravaging gloom of the plague as the shadows of the doge’s network are brought into the light to save the papacy and the brittle hope of the people. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan Stansbury. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214302/bk_acx0_214302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spelled: Storymakers Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min
Fairy Tale Survival Rule number 32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day. Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure, being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks - like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the not-so-charming prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future. Talk about unhappily ever after. Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called "Kansas". Now it's up to Dorthea and her prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse...before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells the end for the world of Story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arielle DeLisle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007839/bk_tant_007839_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Foster Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 342min
It was supposed to be a brief assignment, one that forced Agent Morgan Foster to leave his children for six months. When it backfires, that assignment turns into four years in Central America, hiding and fighting to survive. But now he's back, and is horrified to learn that his ex-wife has died, leaving his supposedly orphaned children under the care of a foster mother. Widow Sarah Collins loves her foster children as if they are her own, and they love her in return. It has been a peaceable life emerging from great tragedy, growing up on an Oklahoma farm. So when Morgan suddenly returns to pursue custody of his children, Sarah invites him to stay while he becomes reacquainted with his kids. As Morgan takes up residence on the farm alongside his kids - and beautiful Sarah - what starts off as merely a logical compromise turns into a whirlwind of passion and temptation both Sarah and Morgan may be hopeless to resist. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rex Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021540/bk_adbl_021540_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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